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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine vertical files of clippings, prints, museum brochures, etc. to find items that are interesting to them. They fill out one column of a three column sheet with Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steuart Curry as the categories. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the meaning of philanthropy. They look at specific needs and determine the process of requesting grants from various foundations. They determine a need within the school community and write a grant application or foundation request. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together to decide on a youth-centered project to carry out. They plan and write a grant proposal to a foundation in their local area. They submit the plan and wait for a response. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students develop grant proposals to benefit their local city/community. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students, in groups, design a self-sufficient community. Groups present the communities they've designed. They compare and contrast the communities presented. They research online the theories of Johann Heinrich von Thunen. They re-evaluate their communities. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students study recognized pieces of artwork and how they have been parodied. They choose a famous work of art, write a letter to obtain permission to use the work to parody, and then create a parody once permission is granted. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students investigate Ulysses S. Grant's memoirs of the surrender of the Army at the Appomattox Court House. Students analyze the events leading to the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the terms given by General Ulysses S. Grant. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students are introduced to the concept of land grant colleges which allowed agriculture to be brought into education. As a class, they create a timeline and compare and contrast the land grant colleges of 1890 and 1892. They use maps and worksheets to discover and label the states with land grant colleges. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - Higher Ed
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Students collect a list of organizations that give funds and funding advice to community organizations. Students investigate the validity of those organizations. Students report findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore works of art by Grant Wood and Picasso. They compare and contrast the Picasso style to the American Gothic style of art. Students sketch pictures of a man, woman, gable house and pictchfork and then change the work of art to fit Picasso's style. Full Review »
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